~ a/n ~

Hellooo there! Just to give you a heads up...

This isn't a quick, fun, smutty read—it's a slowburner! But things will get spicy eventually 😉

Hopefully the first chapters of OC backstory aren't too tedious—it was important to me that she was dark and interesting and actually worthy of Severus' interest. I mean, I like to think that the plot stays fast and interesting buuuut I've tried my best to write an in-character Severus* and BOI THAT MAN ain't gonna fall so easily ya know

*Movie character, that is—book Severus is way more unhinged lmao (still love him tho)

SO if you're not here for a big build-up, lots of character development and some sick plot twists, I encourage you to skip ahead to the good stuff, especially because I think the story gets better as it goes on!

PS - time moves relatively quickly in the beginning so don't worry, Snape definitely does NOT start creeping on a minor!

PPS - if you're the kind of reader to get put off by a Hufflepuff OC, juuust keep reading and trust me 😏

Here's the chapter vibes if you wanna explore the story a bit:

Chapters 1-10: 😐Chapters 11 - 17: 👀Chapters 18 - 24: 🤨🥺Chapters 25 - 34: 🙂🖤🙂Chapters 35 - 47: 😏💕Chapters 48 - 60: 😘❤️‍🔥🙅Chapters 60 +: 🥵❤️👫

And here are my chapter suggestions if you wanna have a taster before you commit to the 100,000+ words that this novel of a fanfic currently is 😅

Chapter 12 - The Potential of PotionsChapter 35 - The Potions Master's OfficeChapter 39 - Gin and Silk

a lil bonus info to help you decide if this story's for you...

This story is:✦A 'realistic' slow-burn romance ✅✦Grammar checked ✅✦Young adult OC ✅✦Third-person multiple POV ✅✦Accurate to the books ✅ (unless it intentionally deviates)✦Author - that's me, helloooo - takes it embarrassingly seriously lol 🤪✌️ ✅✦A/Ns that get progressively more memey and chaotic ✅✦Speaking of memey; ✨quality✨ memes at the start of each chapter* ✅✦A touch of grief-y, depression-y stuff that's just therapy for me lol ✅

*quality is not guaranteed

I really hope you choose to join us on this Severus-filled journey 🤗❤️